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Backache usually means pain in the lower back although it can of
course affect any area. This is a common problem and about 80% of
us, at some time in our lives, will have that complaint. It accounts
for at least 12 million GP consultations and 2.4m referrals in the
year. The cost of the NHS is in millions, not considering the cost
of industry due to absence from work. It is common in all age ground
and results from all types of physical activity, such as gardening,
and in occupations requiring muscular effort. The cause may be apparent
or it may arise because of some underlying unsuspected cause.
Causes:
- Mechanical - Damage caused to muscles in lumbar area by too many
heavy lifts
- From displacement of a vertebral disc (a disc is a plate of fibrous
tissue which separates one vertebral canal and displacement interferes
with the colds function causing a referral pain to the area supplied
by the nerve at that level). The pain produced because of these
happening is sudden in onset, the pain is worse in the event and
the age group affects is between 15-30 years
- By fracture of vertebra in an accident
- From Spondylolithesis - a condition in which there is a forward
slipping of one vertebra over another. Inflammatory Reason As in
Ankylosing Spondylitis which effects movement between the vertebral
joints. This is usually of gradual onset. The pain is felt worse
in the morning and rest relieves the pain partly. Arising for Underlying
Causes Metastases (spread) from an undetected carcinoma.
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